BIRCHARDVILLE QUARRY has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2009
Latest incident
Oct 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
115
citations
38
significant & substantial
$30,893
proposed penalties
$30,893
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
115 citations across 1,103 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BIRCHARDVILLE QUARRY has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Stood as issued
3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $17K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-07-30.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-02-11
24%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
34
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz265 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (34)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
0.67
1.00
Utility Man
2009-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.32
0.61
2.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.11
0.51
2.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
0.53
1.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.3
0.54
2.41
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Truck Driver
2021-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
Cleanup Man
2021-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Backhoe Operator
2018-10-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.47
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.61
0.36
Backhoe Operator
2018-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.61
0.36
Truck Driver
2018-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.51
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.85
0.46
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-11-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.35
0.10
Truck Driver
2013-11-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.59
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-11-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2010-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.01
0.48
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.47
0.34
Tractor Operator
2010-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.74
0.43
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.64
0.28
Truck Driver
2009-07-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.46
0.10
Truck Driver
2007-09-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.56
2.01
0.78
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.83
1.07
0.78
Truck Driver
2007-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.51
0.73
Tractor Operator
2007-05-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.75
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
BIRCHARDVILLE QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.
Injury rate, 2024
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Pennsylvania, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.41 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
5
2024
8
2023
10
2022
9
2021
10
2020
9
2019
14
2018
10
2017
10
2016
12
2015
9
2014
11
2013
9
2012
16
2011
17
2010
18
2009
13
2008
14
2007
12
2006
12
2005
12
2004
9
2003
8
2002
11
2001
10
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BIRCHARDVILLE QUARRY sits in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 3.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 38,349
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$66,930
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
4,125
2
0
484.8
2026 Q1
2,726
2
0
733.7
2025 Q4
3,540
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,203
4
2
768.8
2025 Q2
3,616
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,823
2
1
708.5
2024 Q4
4,853
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,791
3
0
518.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
8,719
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,529
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,890
11
1
1867.6
2023 Q3
3,421
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,984
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,748
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,862
1
0
170.6
2022 Q3
7,268
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,558
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,652
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,624
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
8,515
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,939
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,621
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,374
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,888
3
1
509.5
2020 Q2
7,210
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,621
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
8,403
4
1
476.0
2019 Q3
11,846
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,703
2
1
229.8
2019 Q1
6,432
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
7,227
3
2
415.1
2018 Q3
7,101
6
2
845.0
2018 Q2
6,728
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5,062
1
1
197.6
2017 Q4
7,544
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
10,238
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,792
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
5,653
2
0
353.8
2016 Q4
9,295
2
2
215.2
2016 Q3
9,785
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
8,950
5
2
558.7
2016 Q1
6,126
2
1
326.5
2015 Q4
8,373
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,750
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,285
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,748
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,560
1
0
152.4
2014 Q3
7,898
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,015
1
1
142.6
2014 Q1
5,724
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,384
1
0
135.4
2013 Q3
7,906
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
9,260
1
0
108.0
2013 Q1
2,757
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,350
2
0
315.0
2012 Q3
10,423
2
0
191.9
2012 Q2
11,546
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
10,732
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
13,828
3
0
217.0
2011 Q3
15,552
3
0
192.9
2011 Q2
11,077
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
9,002
1
1
111.1
2010 Q4
13,613
11
6
808.1
2010 Q3
14,687
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
15,715
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
5,438
3
1
551.7
2009 Q4
10,239
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
11,193
3
2
268.0
2009 Q2
6,799
5
5
735.4
2009 Q1
3,205
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
8,990
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
16,888
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,357
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,697
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
9,204
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
10,516
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
10,251
9
3
878.0
2007 Q1
9,864
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,225
1
0
108.4
2006 Q3
9,175
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,137
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,510
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,838
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
9,127
1
0
109.6
2005 Q2
8,613
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,738
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,918
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,835
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,550
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,511
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,879
1
0
145.4
2003 Q3
8,317
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,167
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,427
1
0
412.0
2002 Q4
7,100
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,519
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,415
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
7,681
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,179
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
10,316
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,423
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,842
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,252
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,290
3
1
411.5
2000 Q2
5,174
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,053
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2009 · 1 incident
October 20, 2009PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
86 Mack cabover carrying solaire air compressor for drill, air compressor caught fire, took nearly 30 min to put out, fire department was involved, no injuries. Two employee's from Givelich Explosive were just starting to drill shot when air compressor caught fire.
February 10, 2006PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cold steel, employee climbed on top of jib laying on a crusher wheel on the ground to hook a shackle to it. Standing 3-5' off ground and slipped and fell backwards landing on a rock. Broke rib, puntured lung, & fractured 3 vertabrae.
EMPLOYEE PERFORMING PRE-SHOT INSPECTION IT WAS MUDDY AND DARK. THE MUD STUCK TO HIS BOOT AND WHEN HE WENT TO MOVE, HE FELL ONTO A POINTED ROCK ON HIS LEFT SIDE OF HIS UPPER CHEST.